This was... By far a father’s worst nightmare. The second he hung up the phone with Sutton he called the boys and told them they were on the first flight to New York. Chris seemed to mirror Chip’s concern, while Ethan found it all to be a... Hassle. Chip, genuinely, couldn’t believe his son’s reaction to his brother’s near death experience, but he tucked the disbelief away for now. His focus was to be solely on Phillip. DISGUSTING, it was absolutely disgusting Chip wasted so much time, drunk and bitter of a love lost to insanity. That he in turn, took his darkest demons out on this innocent child who desperately needed his love. But Chip couldn’t go back on the one promise he made Lucille, besides, having him to blame was much easier than accepting the fact he fell in love with a complete psychopath.
But with time, Chip began to regret, and hate himself. He lost a son due to his own stupidity, and he knew that this could possibly be his last chance to mend the bridge between them in any way he could. Whatever it took, Chip was willing to do it. He just prayed to god he got the opportunity. The car came to an abrupt halt as Chris, his genuine favorite, pulled the car up to the Valet. The man nodding in approval before the thick tension between them was broken by Ethan’s voice.
“Don’t see why we all had to come.” Ethan finally chirped, all the while his mind drifting in and out of focus of the radio that blasted a bit too loud for his liking. He was growing restless of being in the back seat. Why the fuck was Chris driving? Maybe because his father knew all too well if Ethan drove, they’d wind up at some sort of casino before reaching this germ infested hell. His question quickly answered by a low aggressive tone, WARNING him that if he didn’t behave there’d be some sort of hell to pay. PLEASE Chip, -- Ethan was far from afraid of you. If nothing else he found the threads endearing. “Lets just get this over with.” He muttered, crawling out of the car and making his way to the front door with ease.
Upon finding out about his youngest brother’s accident, Ethan honestly hoped it’d end his life. Maybe then every piece of his god forsaken mother would be erased and he could move on with the fact that she never loved him. Why didn’t she love him. Why did she love Phillip? God, he was just a fucking twerp. An idiot, too. So fragile, so easily broken. “Am I the only one who isn’t surprised he’s in a coma, can’t even handle a little fender bender.” He mumbled before feeling someone hit his arm. “Last one.” Following his father’s lead, he studied each and every room they passed, creating their story lines within his thoughts before his attention is caught by a slender minx sitting beside a child.
Ethan would have to remind himself over, and over, and over, about his fiance back home if he was going to have to be around this one for long. “Who’re you, the maid?”